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Eastern Iowa Community Colleges Names Bryan Renfro, PhD, as Next Chancellor

Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) appointed Bryan Renfro, PhD, as the next Chancellor following a special board meeting Tuesday.

EICC Student Artwork on Display at the Figge Art Museum

For many artists, seeing their work displayed in a museum is a lifelong dream. For a select group of EICC students, that moment arrived.

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Training sparks a new life

February 7, 2019 | Johnna Kerres

In the Scott Community College (SCC) welding lab, sparks fly overhead as an instructor strikes an arc, cutting into a thick piece of metal. Within a few minutes the red and blue flashes of flame and light subside. The instructor lifts their helmet to inspect the work, revealing long brown hair underneath. For some, the…

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Finishing what I started

November 12, 2018 | Johnna Kerres

In between working 48 plus hours a week at Exelon and fulfilling his role as dad and husband to his wife and two daughters, Marvin Christiansen spends his free time at the Blong Technology Center working toward an Associate’s Degree in Engineering Technology. While maintaining the grueling schedule isn’t easy, Christiansen is no stranger to…

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From tragedy to tears of joy

November 12, 2018 | alaneastern

A little self-belief can go a long way. At least that’s the way Jennifer Zamora sees it. “One of our greatest battles is within our own minds. Try to change the way you think about yourself, you’re wrong if you think you’re not good enough.” Zamora, a recent Muscatine Community College graduate, knows a thing…

Light the Lights

July 20, 2018 | Johnna Kerres

Even in the quietest of places, the world is still full of noise. The stroke of a keyboard, whistle of a bird, or soft pitter-patter of footsteps, are all sounds that make their way into our daily lives without so much as an afterthought. Now imagine a place where those very sounds can mean the…

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